Have a great weekend!
I have this afternoon off (yay!) and am taking the KTX to Seoul for a weekend with Krista and Lizzie. I'll bring the camera and post some new pics on Monday.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Everyday life...
Oh, did I mention there are no clothes dryers here.... or ovens or showers, but that's another story :)
Despite all the distractions I do miss everybody a lot and lately I've been dreaming that I came home, because I really really wish I could just pop in! Already though this adventure is a quarter over, and in a few weeks it will be a third over....I don't want to wish it away, and one of the very best things about it has been that I am very aware of being happy, thank God!!!
Oh, did I mention there are no clothes dryers here.... or ovens or showers, but that's another story :)
School has been a little busier than usual as we are preparing tests for the grade fives and sixes. My co-teacher and I translated some legends from Korean into English yesterday, it was a struggle but eventually we managed it, with help from babelfish.com and a mobile translator.
I have increased my taekwondo practice to five nights a week, mainly because that's what all the other students do and I don't want to be the slacker! Plus getting my blue belt was very motivating and the patterns I have to learn require many repititions before I even have a clue. By the time I'm home afterwards it's almost seven. Krista and I usually meet for dinner and then often go for a 5k walk to E-Mart or the shopping district by the KTX, or just around the track at the highschool near Krista's apartment. Weekends are definately more unstructured, with random social opportunities probably involving dinners and bars and dancing, never dull!
So many things here are so different and interesting and amusing. I like not knowing the language becasue of all the commercialism I am automatically exempted from. Plus, without being able to understand what you overhear fromothers and the fact that communication takes such effort, you tend not to bother and instead get to focus more on your own thoughts and feelings. There is less external noise.
I have increased my taekwondo practice to five nights a week, mainly because that's what all the other students do and I don't want to be the slacker! Plus getting my blue belt was very motivating and the patterns I have to learn require many repititions before I even have a clue. By the time I'm home afterwards it's almost seven. Krista and I usually meet for dinner and then often go for a 5k walk to E-Mart or the shopping district by the KTX, or just around the track at the highschool near Krista's apartment. Weekends are definately more unstructured, with random social opportunities probably involving dinners and bars and dancing, never dull!
So many things here are so different and interesting and amusing. I like not knowing the language becasue of all the commercialism I am automatically exempted from. Plus, without being able to understand what you overhear fromothers and the fact that communication takes such effort, you tend not to bother and instead get to focus more on your own thoughts and feelings. There is less external noise.
Despite all the distractions I do miss everybody a lot and lately I've been dreaming that I came home, because I really really wish I could just pop in! Already though this adventure is a quarter over, and in a few weeks it will be a third over....I don't want to wish it away, and one of the very best things about it has been that I am very aware of being happy, thank God!!!
My apartment
Notice the needlepoint that Jolene made for me is on the wall at the right. The entrance door is on the left, the door on the right goes to the bathroom.
These shots are a little blurry as we were trying different settings on the camera but you get an idea of what a cute little place it is.
picture of the pictures on my fridge...the other pic is Mom and Dad :)
The kids at the Unesco camp made this poster for me.
Notice the needlepoint that Jolene made for me is on the wall at the right. The entrance door is on the left, the door on the right goes to the bathroom.
These shots are a little blurry as we were trying different settings on the camera but you get an idea of what a cute little place it is.
picture of the pictures on my fridge...the other pic is Mom and Dad :)
The kids at the Unesco camp made this poster for me.
More images from Saturday
We had bi-bim-bop at one of the restaurants at the base of the mountain. The food was excellent and we got to help ourselves to the little instant coffee packets which was much appreciated.
About twenty-five people fit into these cable cars for a fifteen minute ride up to the top. It was foggy, so the view was partially obscured, but this made for some really dramatic shots.
I was so happy to finally have purchased a digital camera, from Christa (shown here) and I couldn't wait to use it. It's a Panasonic Lumix DMC f27 with a 12x zoom - how fun is that! We decided it was a beautiful day to get out of the city on Christa's motorcycle and so we headed to the cable car mountain about an hour South of Mokpo.
We had bi-bim-bop at one of the restaurants at the base of the mountain. The food was excellent and we got to help ourselves to the little instant coffee packets which was much appreciated.
About twenty-five people fit into these cable cars for a fifteen minute ride up to the top. It was foggy, so the view was partially obscured, but this made for some really dramatic shots.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Friday, November 23, 2007
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